KEVIN: Cuz there's something in those woods...that you can't see with your eyes - you have to look with your heart.

(Shot of Paul and Winnie looking at Kevin off-screen. They look at each other and smile.)

(Close shot of Kevin in the spotlight.)

KEVIN: It's my childhood.

(Shot from behind Kevin as he turns over his shoulder quickly.)

KEVIN: And his...(Points.)

(Close shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.)

(Shot from behind Kevin looking over his shoulder.)

(Close shot of Winnie looking at Kevin off-screen.)

KEVIN (V/O): And hers...

(Shot from behind Kevin looking over his shoulder.)

(Shot from in front of Kevin as he turns forward.)

KEVIN: Ours is a world...too careless with its memories. Please, I beg of you...

(Close shot of the dimly-lit chairman looking at Kevin off-screen.)

(Shot of Kevin.)

KEVIN: Don't take our childhood.

(Wider shot of Kevin as the foreman stands up in the back row.)

FOREMAN: Hey!

(Closer shot of the foreman in a spotlight.)

FOREMAN: Kevin's right! What's wrong with us?!

(The foreman holds up the plans and rips them.)

(Music - "Happy Days Are Here Again" plays.)

(Wider shot of Kevin looking toward the foreman as the house-lights come up. The audience stands up, many with posters, and cheers as the foreman tosses the plans down. Kevin turns toward Paul and Winnie off-screen and smiles.)

CHAIRMAN (V/O): Order. Order.

(Shot of Winnie and Paul smiling as a red balloon descends between them.)

CHAIRMAN (V/O): May we have order?

(Shot of Kevin smiling at them off-screen, as he is congratulated and a man shakes his hand.)

CHAIRMAN (V/O): This is highly irregular!

(Shot of Winnie and Paul. She smiles at Kevin off-screen and shakes her head.)

(Close shot of the chairman gesturing and frowning in futility.)

(Wide shot of people congratulating Kevin.)

(Shot of Winnie and Paul smiling as Paul makes a fist.)

CHAIRMAN (V/O): I mean it now! Order!

(Shot of the foreman smiling.)

(Close shot of Kevin smiling as balloons drift by him.)

(Close wide-angle shot of the chairman looking in the camera, frowning.)

CHAIRMAN: Order!

(He sits back at his desk and swings a large gavel down.)

(Music ends abruptly.)

(Close shot of Kevin with his hand on his head, and his eyes closed. He sits up and opens his eyes slowly.)

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the panel.)

CHAIRMAN: Uh, everything's in order...

(The chairman bangs his gavel.)

CHAIRMAN: This meeting's adjourned.

(Close shot of Kevin rising.)

KEVIN: What?! (Frowns.)

(Shot of Winnie and Paul. They open their eyes and Paul lifts his head off Winnie's shoulder.)

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the panel as some members stand up.)

KEVIN: Wait, wait!

(Close shot of Kevin frowning.)

KEVIN: We have something to say!

WOMAN (V/O): Well, of course you do...

(The woman approaches behind Kevin, and he turns toward her. The camera pans up to her.)

WOMAN: But, perhaps you'll come back next week.

(She smiles and rubs Kevin's head, and walks off.)

(Kevin turns forward.)

Next week?!

Cut to
Ext. Night - Arnold House

(Shot of a large truck approaching up the street.)

(Shot of the outside of Kevin's window as he opens the shutters and looks out.)

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the truck passing by, with a bulldozer on the back. The camera pans with it.)

(Closer shot through the window of Kevin looking after the truck.)

Somehow, I didn't think we had that long.

Fade to
Int. Day - Lockers

(Shot of the hallway as Kevin rounds the corner, followed by Winnie and Paul.)

PAUL: Hey! You fell asleep first!

KEVIN: I didn't.

WINNIE: I think you did, Kevin.

KEVIN: Winnie - I did not fall asleep first!

(Kevin frowns and nods as they pause at their lockers.)

(Close shot of Paul starting to dial his combo.)

Something was happening to us.

PAUL: Did so...

(Paul turns and looks at Kevin off-screen.)

Just when we needed each other the most...

(Shot past Paul of Kevin frowning and looking in his open locker.)

Paul and Winnie and I were...falling apart.

(Shot past Kevin of Winnie frowning and walking toward the lockers.)

WINNIE: We should pour sand down the gas-tanks...

(She bangs a locker.)

WINNIE: Of those bulldozers.

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Winnie off-screen.)

KEVIN: Winnie? Please...

PAUL (V/O): Hey, we could hijack 'em!

(Shot past Kevin of Paul making a fist and smiling.)

PAUL: Bet I could start one of those babies up!

(Shot past Paul as Winnie steps between them, turns, and frowns at Paul.)

WINNIE: Paul, that is so lame.

(She walks past Paul.)

PAUL: Oh, you have a better idea?

WINNIE: I couldn't have a worse one...

This had to stop.

(Kevin frowns and looks off, then to Winnie.)

KEVIN: Winnie, don't be so mean.

(Kevin looks back at his locker.)

KEVIN: Just cuz it was a stupid idea...

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: What's wrong with my idea? (Frowns.)

(Shot past Paul of Kevin frowning and nodding at him.)

KEVIN: Like we're really gonna hijack a bulldozer?

(Shot past Kevin of Paul looking off.)

It was like a fire...spreading in a forest.

WINNIE (V/O): What we should do...

(Shot past Paul of Kevin looking toward Winnie off-screen.)

(Shot past Kevin of Winnie.)

WINNIE: Is sneak into their office and steal their plans.

(Close shot of Paul frowning at Winnie off-screen.)

PAUL: Talk about stupid!

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Don't call her stupid!

(Close shot of Winnie frowning at Kevin off-screen.)

WINNIE: I can speak for myself, Kevin.

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: Yeah! (Frowns.)

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Shut up, Paul.

(Kevin looks toward Winnie off-screen.)

PAUL (V/O): You shut up!

(Close shot of Winnie frowning at them off-screen.)

WINNIE: I don't need this!

(She turns and walks off.)

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: I don't either!

(Shot of the hallway as Winnie and Paul pass the camera and walk away quickly side-by-side.)

Great. All we wanted was for someone to listen.

(Close shot of Kevin looking after them off-screen.)

Now we weren't even listening to each other.

(Kevin frowns as he turns to his locker and closes it, then looks after them again.)

(Shot from behind Kevin as he turns and leans back against his locker and sighs.)

It wasn't fair. Men with bulldozers...parents...planning commissions that meet at four A.M.

(Kevin starts to walk toward the camera.)

It made you wonder...were they in this together?

(A boy bumps into Kevin and continues past him as Kevin frowns.)

Yeah - that was it. Them against us.

(Kevin walks toward the camera. Kevin frowns and turns a corner.)

Just one big heartless...

(Kevin collides with a man, and steps back, slightly stunned. The camera pans up from the man's stomach to his face.)

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the parked bulldozer as Kevin shines his flashlight on it.)

(Close shot of Kevin walking past the camera.)

(Shot from behind Kevin as he approaches the tree, shining the light on it.)

(Close shot of Kevin pausing and looking at the tree off-screen, and sighing.)

(Shot from behind Kevin as a light shines across him. He turns over his shoulder quickly.)

(Shot of a flashlight flaring into the camera lens, then of Paul as he lowers the flashlight. Winnie approaches and stands next to him.)

(Shot of Kevin as he turns toward the tree, then turns slightly and looks down.)

(Wide shot of from behind Kevin and the tree as Winnie and Paul approach him.)

(Close shot of Kevin in profile as Winnie stands next to him on the far side. Paul follows and stands next to him on the near side. They look toward the tree.)

(Close shot of the tree, initials, and the red "X".)

(Shot of the three in profile.)

WINNIE: Remember when we carved those?

KEVIN: Yeah. Third grade.

(Kevin smiles slightly, and Winnie frowns slightly.)

WINNIE: I thought it was second grade.

PAUL: No, it was fourth grade - I remember it distinctly.

Well, one of those grades.

(The camera moves toward Kevin and Winnie.)

WINNIE: We heard about what you did in Diperna's office.

(She looks at Kevin.)

WINNIE: Pretty stupid.

(The camera pans to Paul.)

PAUL: Really stupid. (Nods.)

(Shot from behind Paul and Kevin as Kevin turns.)

KEVIN: OK, I'm stupid - can you just forget about it?! (Gestures.)

(Kevin walks behind Paul. The camera pans with him as he walks to the rock and sits down.)

PAUL (V/O:) Kev?

(Wide shot of all as Winnie walks behind the rock.)

PAUL: We have a plan.

(Paul holds up a bicycle lock, as Winnie sits on the rock.)

KEVIN: Huh?

(Close shot of Winnie smiling at Kevin off-screen.)

WINNIE: It just might work.

(Close shot of Kevin looking from Winnie to Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Really? (Smiles.)

(Close shot of Winnie smiling at Paul off-screen.)

PAUL (V/O): See, first...

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: We chain Winnie to the bulldozer. (Smiles.)

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: What?!

(Close shot of Paul shrugging.)

PAUL: Well, ya see, it works better if it's a girl.

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Are you crazy?!

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: And then tomorrow, when they try to start it up -

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Paul!

PAUL (V/O): We...

KEVIN: Will you stop it?

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: Well, what? (Shrugs.)

(Close shot of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Well, I mean...

(Kevin stands up.)

KEVIN: In the first place, it's not gonna work!

(Shot of all three as Kevin gestures with both arms and steps away from them.)

KEVIN: And...

(Kevin half-turns toward them and waves an arm.)

(Shot of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: They're just gonna cut that thing with bolt-cutters, then you'll be out two-fifty for a new lock.

(Kevin paces sideways while looking at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: And in the second place...(Gestures)

(Kevin looks at Winnie off-screen.)

KEVIN: Winnie's gonna get in trouble.

(Close shot of Winnie looking at Kevin off-screen.)

KEVIN (V/O): If she doesn't freeze to death, first!

(Close shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.)

KEVIN (V/O): And in the third place...!

(Close shot of Kevin looking at them off-screen, pausing, then turning away.)

KEVIN: It doesn't matter.

(Kevin looks down.)

(Close shot of Paul.)

PAUL: Huh?

(Shot of Kevin as he turns to them off-screen. He glances off and smirks, then looks at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: Well look around!

(Kevin frowns and gestures expansively.)

KEVIN: It's just a vacant lot. In a couple of years, we won't even remember!

(Kevin looks at Winnie then Paul off-screen.)

(Close shot of Winnie looking down, then standing up.)

I guess I wanted Paul and Winnie to face the facts, too.

(The camera pans with Winnie, then stops as she walks past Paul.)

Wasn't gonna be easy.

(Paul looks down, then toward Kevin off-screen.)

Maybe growing up never is.

(Shot from behind Winnie as she walks to the tree, puts her hand on it, and leans her head on her hand.)

(Close shot of Kevin looking at Winnie off-screen, then down.)

WINNIE (V/O): One...Two...

(Kevin frowns.)

(Shot of Winnie at the tree, and Paul looking at her.)

WINNIE: Three...Four...

(Paul turns quickly to Kevin off-screen.)

WINNIE (V/O): Five...Six...

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Paul off-screen.)

KEVIN: What is she doing?

(Wide shot of Paul and Winnie.)

WINNIE: Seven...

(Winnie lifts her head slightly.)

WINNIE: You better get going!

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at them off-screen.)

KEVIN: Forget it!

(Shot of Paul.)

PAUL: Come on!

(Paul hurries off.)

(Close shot of Kevin frowning at them off-screen.)

KEVIN: I'm not gonna do this.

(Kevin crosses his arms.)

(Shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen, expectantly.)

WINNIE (V/O): I'm only gonna count to twenty. Eight...

PAUL: Let's go, come on!

(Close shot of Kevin looking off petulantly.)

Maybe every human soul deals with loss and grief in its own way.

(Kevin looks toward Paul off-screen.)

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of Paul dancing around anxiously.)

PAUL: Let's go!

(Close shot of Kevin looking off, then at Paul off-screen.)

Some curse the darkness...

(Shot from Kevin's perspective of Paul starting to run off, then turning back.)

PAUL: Kevin!

WINNIE (V/O): Twelve...

(Close shot of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.)

WINNIE (V/O): Thirteen...

(He hesitates, then smiles broadly and runs past the camera.)

(Wide shot of Paul as Kevin passes the camera.)

PAUL: Yes!

(Paul runs off as Kevin follows.)

Some play hide-and-seek.

(Close slow-motion shot of Winnie counting at the tree.)

WINNIE (Silently): Seventeen...

That night, Paul and Winnie and I...

WINNIE (Silently): Eighteen...

Found something we'd almost lost.

WINNIE (Silently): Nineteen...

(Slow-motion shot as Winnie pulls away from the tree and smiles.)

WINNIE (Silently): Twenty!

(Music "In My Life" starts.)

WINNIE (Silently): Ready or not - here I come!

(Slow-motion shot as Winnie runs off away from the camera, which pans with her.)

"There are places I'll remember"

We found our spirit. The spirit of children.

"All my life"

(The camera stops on a cement-mixer as Winnie runs off behind the tree.)

"Though some have changed"

The bond of memory.

"Some forever"

(Winnie reappears, headed the other direction behind the cement-mixer.)

"Not for better"

(Winnie crosses out of the shot.)

"Some are gone"

And the next day...

"And some remain"

They tore down Harper's Woods.

"All these places"

Fade to
Ext. Day - The Mall

(Shot of some people strolling on the sidewalk next to a row of shops, next to a park bench and a row to trees.)

"Had their meanings"

(The camera pans with two boys approaching on skateboards.)

"With lovers and friends"
"I still can recall"

(The camera pans down to the skateboard as the lead boy steps off of it.)

"And some are living"

(He picks it up as the camera pans down onto the sidewalk. Kevin, Winnie and Paul's initials are scratched in the cement in the same configuration as they were on the tree, surrounded by two wilted flower petals and a dried leaf.)